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HARNESS SADDLE. I

Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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S. E. TOMPKINS.

HARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Oct. 9, 1883* 4mm 6 m lmm m, a

PATENT SAMUEL E. TOMPKINS, .OF NEVARK, NEW JERSEY.

HARNESS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed December 8, 1882.

To all whom it flMLI/DOTLGGITL;

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. ToMrKrNs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful firstclass hand-made pad for coach-harness, which will be cheap, and yet retain the upper metallic pad-plate between the topleather and the lining-leather, as found iii-the pads heretofore in use, usually denominated hand-made pads.-

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as herein set forth and shown;

Referring. to the accompanying drawings, embodied in two sheets, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a plan'view of a half-section of a saddle embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a sectional view of a portion of the same, the section being taken through line so of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detail view of a portion of a lower platejand Fig. 4, a section of the same, taken through line to of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows plan and sectional views of an improved pad-screw nut adapted to engage with the before-mentioned lower plate, and Fig. 6 is a plan of a portion. of the upper or main plate; Fig. 7 is a plan of the lower plate, or a half portion thereof, showing certain peculiarlyforined portions of leather fastened thereto; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the same, taken through. line ;1 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9

is a side view of a metallic fastener adapted to engage with the before-mentioned nut and lower plate. Fig. 10 illustrates a method of forming the lower plate into two parts and securing said parts together, adapting said plate to certain conditions. Fig. 11 is an end view of one of said parts, showing more clearly the manner of forming certain projecting lugs thereon; and Fig. 12 is a detail view of the lower plate, showing my peculiar methods of SADDLE.

Patent No. 286,847, dated October e, 18223.

(No model.)

constructing the same, whereby it is adapted to receive certain adjustable pad screw and terret nuts.

In constructing my improved pad I form the plate I), which I insert in the top, as'before described, to which the pad-hook can be firmly secured without its being necessary to cover the nut which fastens the said pad-hook with a piece of leather to hide it, as done in the said imitation hand-made pads. The top plate, 2'), has secured upon it the leather top piece, a, the edges of which are sewed or otherwise secured to the leather lining-strips d, which extend beneath the plate, as shown in Fig. 2. The inner edges of the said strips (1 may be united by being stitched. inclosin g the plate, as will be readily understood.

Beneath the parts thus described is arranged an under plate, f, made concavoconvex, (the concavity being on the upper side,)- with upwardlyrcurved strips 0, of leather, secured to the edges. The edges of the concave-convex under plate force the strips 0 against thelining (1 when the parts are brought together by the terrets and pad-screws. Said strips 0, curving upward upon each side of the upper portions, a I) c d, and engaging with the pad bottomleather h, are bound together with said bottomleat-her, as shown in Fig. 2, the bindingstrip being lettered 71. The under plate, f, has tack-holes I: along its margins, for the purpose 'of tacking on the upwardly-curved strips e, m, Fig. '7, indicating the ends of the tacks as they appear clinched in the leather.

On the ends of the under plate, 7"', and neatly engaging with the extremities of the strips e,

are fastened the end pieces, a, as shown in however, cannot shrink and warp, the metal under plates preventing such action, as willbe evident.

It has heretofore been very difficult to make a hand-made coach -pad so that the mountings can be put in after the pad is made, and yet retain the upper or main plate, I), in the top.

- To enable an experienced workman to perform these operations in a neat and substantial manner, whereby the cost of a pad is materially reduced, I form upon the concave convex plate f raised bridges o for the terrets and pad-screw nuts 1). Said nuts are secured to the bridges 0, as shown in Fig. 7, by thin metallic fasteners 1", which have an I, as shown in Fig. 9. Slots are formed in both the bridge 0 and nuts into which the said fasteners r are secured by bending the free ends thereof, as shown in Figs. 7 and 9, thus holding the padscrew nut or terret nut into intimate union with the bridge without the aid of the terret or pad-screw, and yet allowing the nut to be drawn from beneath the bridge by simply removing the fasteners. Said fasteners 1" may be readily removed from the slots by bending up the free ends thereof, as will be readily unthe nut 2, and into the socket 2%, thus holding the nut firmly into position, but allowing the latter to be readily removed and be replaced by another when the mountings are changed. It will be understood that said plate a is perforated, whereby the shank of the terret is aldifficult to cast the under plate, f, thin enough lowed to pass into the nut beneath, and when the terrets are screwed up it binds the nut, terret, and portions 8 and tinto firm combination.

Under certain circumstances it may become and'i'n the adjacent piece f ,which enable the two plates to be tacked or riveted together.

Under certain circumstances it may be necessary to form the raised bridge 0 for the terret, and the sunken bridge 0',with its accessory parts .9 and t,-all in one plate, f. This may readily be accomplished, as shown in Fig. 12.

I am aware that, broadly, raised bridges upon a saddle-tree are not new, and also that concaved trees have been used, and therefore these features I do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 18-.- l 1 1. In combination, in a harnesssaddle, the concave mctallicunder plate, the upwardlycurved strip of leather 0, and the end piece, n, having curved lateral edges, the whole forming a socketed under portion of a saddle, adapted to receive the upper portion thereof,

a b 0, substantially as herein set forth and.

shown.

p 2. In combination, the concave metallic plate f, strips 0, pad bottom-leather h, and the binding h, uniting said strip e and bottonr leather, said parts combining to form a padsocket, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination, the concave plate f, upwardly-turned strips of leather 0, secured to the lateral edges thereof, and the bottomleather h, united to the strip 6 at its upper edge, substantially as herein set forth.

4. In combination, the notched bridge 0, the notched pad=screw, and the fasteners having the shape shown, the free ends of which are capable of being bent in opposite directions to fasten the parts together.

5. In combination, the plate], having perforated lugs or projections to a a and the perforated plate f, all constructed and arranged as herein set forth and shown.

6. The platef, having the notched and elevated bridge 0, in combination with a padscrew nut having the notches therein, and the fasteners, all arranged and operating substantially as herein set forth.

7. The pad-screw or terret nuts herein shown and described, having slots at each end,adapting said nut to be riveted to plates above or beneath, having perforations at varying distances apart.

8. In combination, in a saddle, an under plate, .f, a leather portion, 6, secured to the said under plate and projecting upwardly therefrom, a bottomleather, h, the'edges of which coincide with the upwardly-turned leather 0, and a binding portion securing the edges of said portions 6 and h together, the

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